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Baltimore has the same shot as any other city, but Baltimore is not a financial powerhouse so bootstrapping is especially important and assembling the right group of people is the most difficult part of the equation.

We have the right stuff:
-Local community
-Facilities that encourage creative thought
-densely populated living
-Tech upbringing w/ systems integrators for defense contractors in the mix
-diverse population w/ real problems to address

I think the raw ingredients are here for software businesses to succeed, but it is difficult to find developers willing to work primarily for equity or operate in a bootstrap environment. I agree with Gordon that we are definitely a bootstrap down. So we need to get some more successes in town that point the way, set an example, etc.

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About Gus G. Sentementes

Gus G. Sentementes (@gussent on Twitter) has been writing for The Baltimore Sun since 2000. He's covered real estate, business, prisons, and suburban and Baltimore City crime and cops. He was one of the first reporters at The Sun to use multimedia tools and Web applications -- a video camera, an iPhone -- to cover breaking news. He hopes to cover Maryland geeks and the gadgets and Web sites they build, and learn -- and share -- something new every day.

Gus has a wife, a young daughter and two feuding cats. They live in Northeast Baltimore.